The androgen receptor is selectively involved in organization of sexually dimorphic social behaviors in mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4142-4150

  Bodo, Cristian ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CALBINDIN; ESTRADIOL; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47949108677     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0183     Document Type: Article

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